{"id":63612,"date":"2024-07-23T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T21:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=63612"},"modified":"2024-07-23T14:47:44","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T00:47:44","slug":"burger-king-fiery-strawberry-sprite-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2024\/07\/23\/burger-king-fiery-strawberry-sprite-review\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Burger King Fiery Strawberry Sprite"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There\u2019s usually nothing more refreshing than a cold soda on a hot day, but if that soda is Burger King\u2019s new Fiery Strawberry Sprite, I\u2019d suggest proceeding with caution. That\u2019s right, the brand (in)famous for its unsettling gimmicks (a black Whopper<\/a>, anyone?) will once again have you scratching your head all the way to BK for its newest novelty: spicy soda.<\/p>\n

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This hot (ha, ha) item comes courtesy of its limited-edition summer Fiery Menu, which includes five different products ranked in increasing order of heat. The only beverage on the list is ranked just Spice Level 1, but like a poisonous frog advertising danger with its unnatural color, this bright-red Sprite wears its heat on its sleeve. This is because it\u2019s mixed with \u201cFiery strawberry puree.\u201d What makes the strawberry puree so fiery, you ask? You\u2019ll have to keep asking because Burger King isn\u2019t telling, though popular guesses I\u2019ve seen include tajin and ginger.<\/p>\n

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While I can\u2019t actually tell you exactly what\u2019s in this Sprite, I can tell you what it tastes like. The first sip reminded me of a regular strawberry soda, but everything changed when the aftertaste attacked. The fabled fieriness had merely waited a few seconds to make its grand appearance, spreading slowly but undeniably against the roof of my mouth. Sure, I didn\u2019t leap into the air with smoke pouring from my ears like a cartoon character, but I certainly winced, coughed, and maybe slightly regretted my reviewing choice (important context: try as I might, I am a weakling when it comes to spice).<\/p>\n

I understand that sweet-spicy, aka \u201cswicy,\u201d is trendy right now, but in soda form, I found the combination of sweet heat with carbonation to be particularly abrasive. In some ways, the bite of the spiciness is a natural companion for the sharpness of the bubbles, but the dual sensation is intense in a way that I think many would find jarring. But I powered through the initial discomfort, and as I did, something strange started to happen: this slightly painful soda started to grow on me (in admittedly small sips, as I found it way too potent to chug).<\/p>\n

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Or maybe it would be more accurate to say that, regardless of whether I was actually enjoying it, I felt compelled to keep drinking more. I think it\u2019s because I was craving a cold liquid to quell the heat, but of course, said liquid was the source of the heat in the first place, so even though each sip was like throwing gasoline on the fire, I couldn\u2019t stop. I took so long to finish that the ice melted and watered my drink down, and that actually made it a lot more pleasant.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you\u2019re coming in expecting Sprite\u2019s classic lemon-lime stylings beneath the heat, adjust your expectations; both the strawberry flavor and the spiciness were so overpowering that it didn\u2019t read as Sprite at all, tasting more like a mutant Fanta to me.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, I can\u2019t say that the Fiery Strawberry Sprite and I got along like a Sprite on fire. If you\u2019re a spice connoisseur or just a thrill junkie, sure, give this one a shot, but just be warned that if you play with Fiery Strawberry Sprite, you\u2019re gonna get burned.<\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/strong> $4.34
\nSize:<\/strong> Medium
\nRating:<\/strong> 5 out of 10
\nNutrition Facts:<\/strong> 190 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 50 milligrams of sodium, 48 grams of carbohydrates, 47 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s usually nothing more refreshing than a cold soda on a hot day, but if that soda is Burger King\u2019s new Fiery Strawberry Sprite, I\u2019d suggest proceeding with caution. That\u2019s right, the brand (in)famous for its unsettling gimmicks (a black Whopper, anyone?) will once again have you scratching your head all the way to BK […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1534,1477,1487],"class_list":["post-63612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-burger-king","tag-fast-food","tag-sprite"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35491,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/03\/18\/fast-food-news-surge-and-sprite-lymonade-flavors-at-burger-king-coca-cola-freestyle-machines\/","url_meta":{"origin":63612,"position":0},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Surge and Sprite Lymonade Flavors at Burger King Coca-Cola Freestyle Machines","author":"Marvo","date":"March 18, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Impulsive Buy reader Eden W sent in these photos from a Coca-Cola Freestyle Machine at a Burger King in Washington. 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